Refrigerating attachment for beer-barrels



(No Model.)

A. B. KOKERNOT. REPRIGERATING ATTACHMENT FOR BEER BARRELS.

Patented Jan. 14,1890.

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UNTTnn STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ALEXANDER BENJAMIN KOKERNOT, OF NElV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

REFRIGERATING ATTACHMENT FOR BEER-BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent life 419,203, dated January14, 1890.

Application filed May 25, 1889- Serial No. 312,109. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER BENJAMIN KoKERNoT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and. State ofLouisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in RefrigeratingAttachments for Beer-Barrels, &c., of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to refrigerating attachments for beer-barrels andother receptacles for liquids; and the purpose thereof is to provide asimple device which may be detachably connected with the barrel, and inwhich any suitable refrigerating material may be placed to act upon thecontents, the construction being such that the escape or leakage fromthe refrigerating-vessel into the barrel or from the barrel to theexterior is effectually prevented, while the former may be repeatedlyfilled and cleansed without removal.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention,Figure 1 is a central longitudinal view of a beer-barrel or si1ni-' larreceptacle having my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, showing the tubularcasing and a portion of a barrel. Fig. 4 is a detail top plan view ofthe tubular easing, partly in section, omitting the outer closing deviceor screw-cap. Figs. 5 and 6 are views of the pins used in fastening thedevice in the barrel.

In the said drawings, the reference-nulneral 1 designates a beer-barrelor other fluid-receptacle of any description. In the wall of saidreceptacle, which is provided with a bung-hole or other suitable openingformed for the purpose, is inserted a tubular casing or vessel 2, closedas to its lower or inner end by a plug 3, or by a permanent integralportion of the casing.

At its outer end the vessel 2 is countersunk within its interior to forma greater inner diameter, which extends below the wall of the barrel inwhich the casing lies. In the wall of the latter, near the bottom ofthis countersink, are formed small openings, through which are passedpins 5, their heads lying in recesses or notches (5, while their bodiesextend immediately beneath the wall of the barrel or other vessel 1.. Aring 7 is then inserted in the countersink, the latter being threadedfor the purpose, to engage a male thread on the ring, which covers thepins and holds them securely in place, and at the same time aids inclosing the pinopenings against all leakage. The inner face of the ring'7 is flush with the face of the casing in which it lies. A nut 8 isthen turned upon the casing and is drawn down closely against the wallof the barrel, a gasket 10, of rubber or other suitable material, beinginterposed. The casing may now be filled with any suitable refrigeratingmate rial and then closed by a screw-cap 9. The pins 5 may be round,angular, or of other form, and they may be slightly hooked at their endsto engage the wood on the inner face of the barrel, if desired. The ring7 is turned in and out of the casing by aspanner, which engages oppositeslots 10 in its inner face.

The tubular casing may be filled as often as circumstances require, andmay be readily cleansed at any time without its removal from the barrelor other receptacle. Its form may be greatly varied, as, instead ofbeing cylindrical, it may be of spiral form or ballshapcd, or it may becurved and have attachment to the barrel at two points, one end beingconnected to the head and the other to the side wall of the barrel. Inthis case the fastening devices will be duplicated at each end.

7 By detaching the screw-ring 7 the pins 5 can be removed by drawingtheir headed ends into the tubular casing, as will be obvious.

The outer portion of the refrigerating attachment may be made of heaviermetal,

while the interior part lying within the barrel may be of comparativelylight metal, such as tin, galvanized iron, &c.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. A refrigerating attachment forfluid-receptacles, consisting of a tubular casing having a countersinkin its open end and provided near the inner end of said counter sinkwith openings receiving radial pins, which lie under the Wall in Whichthe casing is inserted, a ring lying in said countersink, an outerfastening, and a closing device, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a barrel or other fluid-receptacle having asuitable opening in its wall, of a tubular casing lying in said openingand having a threaded countersink in its open end, pins inserted throughopenings near the inner end of the countersink and underlying the heador wall of the barrel, a ring flush at its inner face with the innerWall of the casing and screwed to the bottom of the countersink,asuitably-packed nut turned on the casing outside the barrel, and a capclosing said casing, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of'twoWitnesses.

s ALEXANDER BENJAMIN KOKERNOT. \Vitnesses:

G. REBENTISOH, J. B. Rossnu, Jr.

